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Show '- -I ' 1 OOWMrtMB StORYfO A was busy from morning to night on the Stock Exchange. The Hay Denvers had hardly moved in before number two also struck its placard, and again the ladies found that they had no reason to be discont-e- d with their neighbors. Doctor Balthazar Walker was a very well known name in the medical world. Did not his qualifications, his membership, and the record of his writings fill a long half column In the Medical Directory from his first little paper on the Gouty Diathesis in 1859 to his exhaustive treatise upon Affections of the Vaso-MotSystem in 1884? A successful medical career which promised to end in a presidentship of a college and a baronetcy, had been cut short by his sudden inheritance of a considerable sum from a grateful patient, which had rendered him Independent for life, and had enabled him to turn riis attention to the more scientific part of his profession, which had always had a greater charm for him than its more practical and cpmmercial aspect. To this end he had given up his house in Weymouth street! and had taken this opportunity of moving himself, his scientific instruments and his two charming daughters (he had been a widower for some years) into the more peaceful atmosphere of NOTHING A. CONAN 'DOYLE? But if her conduct and appearance hrid already somewhat jarred upon their liriiited and precise sense of the fitness ol things, what were they to think of the next little act ,in this tableaux vivant? The cabman, 'red and had come back from his labors, and held out his hand for his fare. The lady passed him a coin, there was a moment of mumbling and gesticulat! heavy-jowle- d, jutebnwonal press association. to CHAPTER I. j Id IP the u s. new-Comeh- YOU Please, said the mum, yoice of ajj domestic t- - so 3- - H- - somewhere from round the angle of the door, I number three is mf ving in.5 re ' a ut- - Two little old ladies, whojwere sit. to their feet with 'I m. sitting-roo- ti in- and rushed to the window of the terest, f ap-pleali- isaid one, dear, "Take care, Monica herself in1 the lacej curtain; f "dont let them see lis. not give We JBertha. must, "No, no, neighbtheir to reason that them sayi I But are ors tpink that inquisitive, we are safe if we stjand like jjthis. ) The open window looked orit Upon a sloping laWn, well trimmed and pleasa- rosebushes aiid a starnt, with fuzzy sweet of williami, It was shaped bed low a wooden fence, which hounded by er shrouding U ar-- , aa nd -- a 'y ' it screened 5 c. from off I a broad, modern AUthe dither side three large? detached ncw metaled road., ot this road were villas with peaky . eaves each and small wooden! balconies, standing in its own liltle square of grass and of flowers. All three were equally nd and ftWo were new, but numbers curtained and sedate, with ja human, sociable look to them; white number three, with yawning door an4 unkempt recgarden, had apparently onl just eived its furniture land m&dq itself ready for its oceupaM . A had driven up to the gate, and it was at this that the old ladies,, pfeplng out e from behind their curtains, directed an eager and questioning gaze. The cabman had descended, and the passengers within were handing out the articles which they desired him to carry up to the house. He Stood and blinking, with hib crooked arms outstretched, while, a male hand. protruding from the window kept of articles ingupiupon him ja the sight of which filled the curious old J ladies with bewilderment. deep-bodi- ed V I I four-wheel- j j at either side ting 6f a tabl4, sprang ejaculations of ing, andt suddenly she had him with both hands by the red cravat which girt his neck, and was shaking him as a terrier would a rat.. Right across the pavement she thrust him, and pushing him up against the wheel, she banged hjs head three several times against the side of his own vehicle. Can I be of any use to you, aunt? asked the large youth, framing himself in the open doorway. Not the slightest, panted the enraged lady. There, you low blackwill that teach you to be imperguard, tinent to a lady, j The cabman looked helplessly' about him with a bewildered, questioning gaze, as ,one to whom alone of all Wn this unheapd-o- f and extraordinary thing had happeiied. Then, rubbing his head, he mounted slowly on to the box, and drove away with an uptossed hand to the universe. The lady smoothed down her dress, pushed ack her hair under her little felt hat, and strode in through the hall-doo- r, which she closed behind her. As with a whisk her- - short skirts vanished into1 the darkness, the tw spectators Miss Bertha and Miss Monica Williams? sat other In speechless looking at each amazement. ' For fifty years they had peeped through that little window; and across that trim garden, but never yet had such a sight as this come to found them. I wish' said Monica at last, that we had kept the field. I am sure I wish we had, answered her sister. , CHAPTER II. THE ICE. BKEAKIWG HE COTTAGE from the window of Wiiich the Misses Williams iad looked out stands, and has stood for many a year', in er bird-lik- that pleasant red-fac- T - 4 .4 ?e Tribune reporter, I think trie long skirt is bound to go. It looks out of place on a bicycle and is certainly much In the way.- - The truth of trie matter is that no costume which can be ltiy a at fl- an d j habited The Brambles, as theilittle ' 8 at, oa Anerley',' and Forest Hill, Long before ,there had been a thought of a township there, when the Metropolis was still quite a distant thing, old Mr. Williams had in- t inqr oil sti-- i r - a rays IT Will sals her s or j t. U lend I 11,8 j 0118 oreIL3 - p j mysterious articles lowed, however, by others more within their fiange of sion by a of dumb-bell- s, rHS g, vy his light yellow :s H fot to I tbs rj-- i. and dust-coa- t, ext- ended his hand as if to assist some one else from the vehicle. To trie surprise ff the two old ladies, however, the only thing which his open palm received was a violent slap, and a tall lady bounded unassisted out of the cab. With a regal wave she motioned the young man tabards the doorj and then with one hand upon her hip she stood in a care-loss- ,lounging 1C8. W cipmprehen-f- j a purple pair cricket-baa set of golf climbs, and a tennis racket. Finally, when the cab-- fj man, all and bristling, had staggered up off the garden path, there emerged in a very leisurely! way from the cab a big, powerfully bjbilt young ffian, with a bull pup under one arm and a pink, sporting1 paper in his hand. The paper he crammed into the pocket of top-hea- zlA were which were fol-- M attitude by the gate, and the kicilrig her toe against the wall listlessly awaiting the return of I driver. t As she turned slowly roupd, and sunshine struck upon her face, the J 3. oot i ted n the ot b 0. If d th tv re or hout J). . Jogue E CO d SU - Me- batchers were amazed to see the two that this 'cryiactive and energetic lady was far from being in her first youth, so far Ibat she had certainly come of age again since she first passed that landmark in lifes journey. Her finely chis-ee- d, clean-cu- t face, with fol Iridian about, the firm something jinouth and strongly marked cheek bones, showed Jen a tbat distance traces of the friction of the And yet passing years. sir. ray r. was very handsome. Iter features in repose as 'those of a ptre as bust, and her grea dark eyes , arched over by two , brows so g0 thick( and so delicately u-r- e ured, thatthe eye turned away from harder details of the face to mar- at t5"i,rir grace and strength. Her gure, too, was straight as a dart, a perhaps, but curving Into gniuont outlines, which were half KnJUat strange costume wt?,s,;e ore- Her hair, black but sllot grey, was brushed back from her high forehead, thpred under small round hit 3lkp that of a one rwla min, with con-10j a U in as a the band fatpr T we ten 1 tt. DIP Pfirrt-ly- V! . - J c - IF. a cc er spy. c' mp Cl ly 'r- -e a dmtble-breaste- d dark material to her figur-- , while her untrimmed and un- cut so shrrt that the frieze-tik-e Ar fin-lturned legs visible beneath it, terminat-- a I ir of broad, 11 at, lUire-t- , td fhofs, f ich was the I injp I at the cate of num, Ui bs the curior j eyes of her to neighbors. y -- - 4 i 5 i. 1 'k 1 low-heel- ed red tentacles, and had been absorbed to make1 room for the modern villa. Field by field the estate of old MI. Williams had been sold to the speculative builder, and had borne rich crops of snug suburban dwellings, arranged in avecurving crescents and tree-line- d nues. The father had passed away before his cottage was entirely bricked round, but his two daughters, to whom the property had descended, lived to see the last vestige of country taken from them. For years they had clung to the one field which faced their windows, and it was only after much argument and many heartburnings, that they had at las.t consented that it should share the fate of the others. A1 broad road was driven through their quiet domain, the .quarter was The Wilderness, and three square, villas began staring, uncompromising on side. With other the to sprout up old maids two little the sore hearts, shy and progress, their watched steady to of fashion as what neighspeculated bors chance would bring into the little nook which had always been their own. And at last they were all three finished- Wooden balconies and overhangto them, so ing eaves had been added of the advertiselanguage that, in the were vacant three eligible ment, there Swiss-bui- lt villas, with sixteen rooms, no basement, electric bells, hot and cold water, and every modern convenience, including a common tennis lawn, to be let at 100 a year, or 1,500 purchase. So tempting an offer did not long remain open. Within a few weeks the card had vanished from number one, and it was known that Admiral Hay Denver, V. C., C. B., with Mrs. Hay Denver and their only son, were about to move into it. The news brought peace to the hearts of the Williams sisters. They had lived with a settled conviction that some wild impossible colony, some shouting, sing-in would break ing family of madcaps,establishment at This their peace. upon least was irreproachable. A reference to Men of the Time showed them that Admiral Hay Denver was a most dishis tinguished officer, who had begun had and at Bomarsund, active career ended it at Alexandria, having tomansee two episodes aged between these of man his oh any as much service the and Forts Taku the years. From g off Shannon brigade, to of naval Zanzibar, there was no variety his recin not appear did which work the and Cross ord; while the Victoria life vouched Albert medal for saving for It that in peace a n war his courage was still of the same true temper. neighbor this, Clearly a very eligible 1 the more so as they had been conndent-IMr. that estate agent y a. '"Fined by the Harold Denver, ttc son, was a most and that he quiet ycum gntl-monI re-nam- t dhow-harryin- . ed j ..... FRANK Professor of lit , I i 1 7 i J t G. A. Gardner, lllus-tra- $-.- re-paire- d. Harness WJand Saddlery f GEO. WILLIAMS, -- P&YSON, ! ar Harness, cott also.' Certainly, dear. As long as they are living upon otir land I feel as if they were in a sense our guests, .and that it is our duty to welcc Then We shall c Bertha,' with decisic Yes, dear, we sh it was over! At 4 oclock on the next day, the two maiden ladies set off upon their hospitable errand. In their stiff, crackling dresses of black silk, with jet-b- e spangled jackets, and little rows grey curls drooping down on either side of their black bonnets, they looked like two old fashion plates which had wandered off into the wrong decade. Half curious and half fearful, they knocked at the .doorjhf number three, which was Instantly bpened by a page boy. as at home. Yes, Mrs. Westmacott He ushered them Into the front room, furnished as a drawing room, where in spite of the fine spring weather a large fire was burning in' the grate. The boy took their cards, and then, as they sat down together upon a settee ha set their nerves in a thrill by darting behind a curtain with a shrill cry, and prodding at something with his foot. The hull pup which they had seen upon the day before bolted from Its hiding place and scuttleff'snarling from the room. Leather, - ! i i I i i red-head- ed I 1 HOLBROOK, Prop. m Headquarters for Sheep, Cattle FK.OVO, J clared, the United States included only the thirteen original states on the seaboard. With trie exception of a few hunters, there were no white men west of the Alleghany fiiountains, and there was not even an American hunter In the great country out of which we have since made the states of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, arid Wisconsin. All this region north of the Ohio river then formed a part of the Province of Quebec. It was a wilderness of forests, and prairies, teeming with game, and Inhabited by many' warlike tribes of Indians. Here and there through it were dotted qriaint little towps of French Creoles, the most important being Detroit, Vincennes on the Wabash, and Kaskaskia and Kahokla on the Illinois. These French villages were ruled by British officers commanding small bodies of regular soldiers or Tory rangers and Creole partisans. The towns were completely in thej power of the British government; none of the American states had actual possession of a foot of property in th northwestern terri tory. The northwest was acquired at the time of the revolution only by armed conquest, and if it had not been so acquired, it would have remained a part of the British Dominion of Canada. The man to whom this conquest was due was a famous tackwoods leader, a mighty hunter, a noted Indian fighter George Rogers Clirk. He was a very strong man, with light hair and blue eyes, of a good Virginian family, who, early in his youth, embarked on the adventurous caree of a backwoods surveyor, exactly as Washington and so many other youn Virginians of spirit did at that period He traveled out to Kentucky soon after it was opened up by Boone, and lived there or a yeah, either at the stations or camping by himself in the woods, surveying, hunting and making war against the Indians like any other settler; but all the time his mind was bent on vaster schemes than were dreaified of by the men around him. He had his spies out in the northwestern territory, and became convinced that with a small force of resolute backwoodsmen he could conquer it for the United States. When he went back to Virginia Gov. Patrick Henry entered heartily into Clarks schemes and gave him authority to fit out a force for his purpose. ! j J two maiden ladies watched with a keen interest, which deepened into a dire apprehension, the curious incidents which heralded the coming of the new tenants. They had already learned from the agent that the family consisted of two only, Mrs. Westmacott, a widow and her nephew, Charles. Westmacott. How simple and how select It had pounded! Who could have foreseen from it these fearful portents which seemed to threaten violence and discord among the dwellers in The Wilderness? Again these two old maids cried in heartfelt chorus tjtiat they wished theyriad not sold their field. Well, at least, Monica, remarked Bertha; as they" sat ovej their teacups that afternoon, however strange these people may be, it is our duty to be as polite to them as to the others. Most certainly, acquiesced her sister. Since we have called upon Mrs. Hay Denver and upon the Misses Walker, we must call upon this Mrs. Westma- I . SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, to ; , Istence, These niei Block. i Thre was thus but one villa unoccupied, and it was no wonder that the j tj Collections Pronntly All 5 4 for Detroit, Fish Springs, ?jid Ibapahl i I ! Roocje a , . - Law. LAND and MINING at Attorney end Eagle - - bottle-shape- ioa JO SAMUEL A. KING, j Norwood. 4 x G. W. PARKS, WHITEHEAD; Office, First National hank Bldg.. devised is going to make women appear at their best on a bicycle. The UTAE very position that they assume and the fEOVO, constant movement of the limbs up and down prohibits a graceful appearance. I The delight of the exercise, however, more than compensates for any drawWill glre lesfcr-non Plano. Organ, y.Lln, wheel-women back of this kind, and most and teach Lands at luwest prides and nc., are willing enough1 to look even Ho reasonable terms. j awkward in order to enjoy the sport. For further particulars, addiess L The impression seems to prevail that, Gold Hill. FRANK WHITEMEAD, for a woman bicyclist to decry skirts is to proclaim herself unfeminine, HINCKLEr. UfAS somewhat more immodest than her conventional sisters. I say that such Trie Oasis and Fish Springs stage leavas nJ'P--Sisisysl'- i is not the case. In my opinion, for a Oasis and Ibapah at 8 a. m., each Honda? and arrives at terminal pol&W woman to ride in bloomers, with a and Thursday, 52 hours. within skirt ovei them, which is constantly .03.00 bio wing' up and showing the bloomers Oasis to Detroit, - , 5.0 Q Fish '! Spr'ngs, for Is far more indelicate than beneath. cavWTSJR, DE Marks 11 Hill and ipabah, 7.5C Gold the bloomers to be in evidence from the COPYRIGHTS.1 Fare for transportation out and return ob start. The wearing of, the skirt sugFe CAN A PATENT? OBTAIN I A and onebalf fares. ddrees, prompt answer and an honest opinion, write to gests that there is something to conMUNN& CO., who hare had nearly fifty years F, DAVIS, Proprietor caceal, and where the bloomers are worn experience in the patent business. Cormnuni Inof A Handbook confidential. tions strictly it is a frank Intimation that the rider formation concerning Patent and bow to Obtain them sent free. Also a catalogue Of mechanundertakof nature the her recognizes ical and scientific books sent free. Patents taken through Nunn & Co. Teoelvo ing and has .dressed herself approprinotice m the scientific Amerirnn, and sipecial a thus are brought widely before the public withately. As regards the display of out cost to the inventor. This splendid paper, womans ankle, I do not see why iMs t issued weekly, elegantly ed, has by far the ; wor'dan the largest circulation of any BciertiCcsent more vulgar than to show her arms tree. a world. year, baniple copiesa WATCHMAKER, j' and part of her spinal column in evenyear. Single Building Edition.montbly, Every number conintna beaucopies, io cents. NEPHI, UTAH. tiful pf new ing dress. There would be nothing plates, in colors, and photogrrnbi houses, with plans, enabling builders to showsa the and Watches promptly a in womans jewelry her with vulgar latest designs and secure contracts. Adds J sitting Mail orders solicited. M.UNN U CO., Nkw Vouk. :til BhoaLwAT. foot up if she had on a divided skirt gathered at the knee, or even bloomers, but whei she has an ordinary flowing skirt and elevrites her foot ever so little the aspect is entirely.'different. One can see an illustration of this subtle difference at any time in view. ing sculpture. There is, a calm nobilXJT-gVEC, ity, a dignity, about the simple pose of the undraped Venus that the figure MANUFACTURER AND IMPORTER OF which stands in a conscious, shrinking attitude lacks altogether." It is the adSaddlery, Buggy Whips, Nose Bags, Col mission that there is anything to conceal which suggests vulgarity when the Pads Hardware, etc. drapery is by accident disarranged. Wholesale and Retail. Fine Buggy Harness a Specialty. At the costume show in Madison 1 Square garden there were lay figures 77Our goos have been extensively used in Deseret and vicinity, ana have dressed in cycling costumes in order to y Passers-bshow the various styles. given the best satisfaction. Mail orders will receive prompt attention of short skirt turned the up invariably one of these images in order to examHEATEt) BY STEAM. ELECTRIC CALL BELL& ine the unique leather binding on the bottom. That short skirt was only a m lay figure, but there was vulgar sugdid in which its gestion being lifted, not pertain at all to the bloomer suits, or even to those with knickerbockers. I think if this public difference could be made clear to the people there would out bicycle be less hue and cry.made costumes. I do not think that woman will ever resign her flowing skirts for or the ordinary vothe drawing-rooL: cations of life, but when she goes out to take part in active sports she should dress appropriately. I fail to see where the long skirt worn when ridng a bi& cycle conveys the Idea of modesty. In the first place, the motion of the limbs, which it is intended to conceal, it XTTJLJEK. shows much more plainly than the bloomers or full trousers. As a woman sits on a bicycle the plain front breadths of the skirt fit smoothly over the knees; no other skirt is usually worn beneath it, and the paddling up and 4own of the limbs looks anything but graceful. There are few accidents from long skirts; one seldom hears of any, hut it is because the wearers are extremely careful. A woman wearing a long street skirt on a bicycle looks to me as much out of place as a yachting suit would appear at a ball or a cycling costume at a reception. cried Monica, the house was called, and had owned all the tmare wize- the fields about it. Six or eight such ned of the pair. iWhat dp you call cottages scattered over a rolling countrythat, Bertha? It looks to me like four -side were all the houses to be found batter puddings." there in the days wben the century "Those are what young meti box each was young. From afar, when .the other with, said Bertha, with a consbreeze cam from the nojth, the! dull, cious air of superior worldly knowlelow roar of the great city might be 1 dge. heard, like, the breaking of the tide of . (TO BE CdNTINUEB,) And those?f life, while along the horizon might be Two great d of seen of dim the the curtain smoke, pieces yel grim low shining wood had been heaped up- -' which that tide threw up. Grad- CONQUEST OF THE NORTHWEST spray on the cabman. I ually, however, as the years passed, the t Oh, I dont know what those are, city had thrown out a long brickfeeler It Was Acquired from the British by confessed Bertha, and there, curving, extending, and here Indian Clubs had Force 4f Arms. never before obtruded themselves up-- 1 coalescing, until at last the little coton her In 1776, when independence was depeaceful and very feminine ex- - tages had been gripped round by1, these "My goodness me! 1 smaller, the drier, and er Norwood, ed pil-seri- es su-- b u r b a n district which lies between , i ng GO. Woman Physician of New York Says Skirts Must Give Way. "As regards the matter of costume" said a woman doctor of New York to a or BY BUT BLOOMERS Pianist Versus Muffin Man. There was a curious little incident at Saturdays Pop. It was a struggle between a pianist and a muffin man. The pianist was on the platform; the muffin man .was in the street. The name of the former was Sauer; the muffin mans name has not appeared. Herr Sgier went in first and led off with the opening bars of a Chopin fantasia. Then the muffin man began and continued. His note was monotonous but penetrating, and in the presence of a very large audience the German frhnkly admitted defeat by taking his hand from the keyboard. A few more peals from the bell just emphasized victory; the sound grew feebler and more distant and then the fantasia was resumed. Some people like music and others like muffins. Certainly it should be arranged between this and next Saturday which is to have the dominion at St. James hall. . Mining State Fair Gold 1894, Medal.' Three Cream Baking Powder Gold Medals. Superior Quality Flavoring Extracts Gold Medal. Best' Quality and Display of Soda Water. The Big Cities. New York has officially announced , .... MANUFACTURED BY that her population just 1,849,866. d That settles a ' question. Is the Chicago largest city In the the United States, largest in the western hemisphere, and the third largest SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH . city in the world. This is how the cities stand with their present populaSpices Pure and Ground, Daily. Is . HEWLETT Jong-vexe- I tion: London.... Paris Chicago New York.. I Canton Berlin. . Vienna Tokio Philadelphia .. ..4,500,000 ..2,650,000 2,019,000 1,849,866 1,600,000 1,579,244 1,364,458 1,309,681 1,200,000 Jewels on Trees. curiosities of tropical the Among I are trie life Diant pearls found occasion-- I cocoanut trie Success and Happiness. palm of the Phil- -' ally in Lord Clarendon attributed success Ippine islands pearls which, like those and happiness In life to associating with of the ocean, are composed of carbonate persons more learned and virtuous than of lime. The bamboo, too, yields an- ourselves. other precious product in the shape of tree opals, which are found in its Utah has 1,000 miles of canals, her Trie natives of the Celebes irrigated lands producing - over 6,000,000 joints. use Jriese vegetable opals as amulets bushels efl grain annuallyand charms aginst disease. 1 f JOSEPH A. LYMAN r Has a full line of 1, General Merchandise, And is selling down at Panic Prices for Pay Down. Either for Cash or Produce at cost. Travelers and Sheepmen will find me supplied with HAY, - GRAIN - AND -Don STABLING. t I forget Highest cash price paid for Hides and Pelts. Joseph: a. lyman, OAK CITY, MILLARD COUNTY, i : : : UTAH. i |